Yeah but it won't make good marketing if there are other makes and models, it's not Toyota Coffee & Cars... I think Nathg has hit the nail on the head, I only used the Mazda example to show if pitched to the right business, then it can work.
Give me a couple of weeks, I will have a sniff around and see if this can work. It would be good if some of the clubs wanted to get involved, Vintage Mazda Club?
I will contact the following in the hope we can work something out:
MAZDA HQ (Kingsgrove)
Starlight Children's Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation
Cancer Council Australia
Sydney Hospital Foundation
Red Cross
Ronald McDonald House Charities (they might even help us organise a regular location..)
At the end of the day, most people on this forum are doing a hell of a lot better than the people mentioned in these above charities. $1/$2 coin donation/admission every month or every week won't break the bank and it's for a good cause.We could organise a coffee van to come out if it's isolated (i.e not around any shops). At the end of the day you get something out of it and so do others.. Leave it with me and i'll see what I can find out, perhaps the charities might even have some leads on a location they can help us with if it's a regular thing.. :? Only thing is, for this to be effective there NEEDS to be sufficient interest/turn out..
If this becomes regular,i'd appreciate some help to distribute the work load, so if anyone wants to jump on board and help out just post or pm me

If this does go forward and it becomes regular, a member from the selected charity can come to the cruise to collect admission donations (make it official, plus I don’t want the responsibility of collecting funds.) I’ve written to the charities mentioned and pretty much the email looked like this:

I will contact the following in the hope we can work something out:
MAZDA HQ (Kingsgrove)

i doubt Mazda would be up for regular meets but they may come to the party for a 1 off meet.

i can contact Mazda on your behalf (being on the Admin team for ozmazda.com may work in my favour) and pitch the idea of a meet there
or if you want to look after it send me a PM and i can give you some contact details for Mazda's Social media department

i doubt Mazda would be up for regular meets but they may come to the party for a 1 off meet.

i can contact Mazda on your behalf (being on the Admin team for ozmazda.com may work in my favour) and pitch the idea of a meet there
or if you want to look after it send me a PM and i can give you some contact details for Mazda's Social media department

If you could that would be great, maybe even show them the YouTube video as inspiration? If Mazda is onboard then it should work out nicely.
Keep us posted on how things go, you're right though as the mod for OzMazda, you'd have more pull than me!
Cheers!

Hi, many thanks indeed for your enquiry today regarding “Cars and Coffee” – we would very much like to have you on board! Our Community Relations Coordinator, Anastasia, will be in touch with you regarding this. Unfortunately, she is currently on annual leave but she will be back next week……. I hope this will not be too late for you – if it is, let me know!